Soon-Yong Pak

Dr. Soon-Yong Pak currently teaches anthropology and education at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. He received his M.A. in International Development Education from Stanford University, and his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was a visiting professor at Harvard University’s Yenching Institute during 2012–2013 academic year. He is currently the Executive Editor of the International Journal of Multicultural Education. He served as a governing board member of UNESCO-APCEIU from 2015–2022. Dr. Pak has actively published papers on the cultural dimensions of education. Recently he has co-authored several books including “Research on Global Citizenship Education in Asia”, “Multiple Pandemic”, and “Life as a Refugee in the Republic of Korea”. His research interests involve the local and the global dimensions of human migration, refugee issues, and Global Citizenship Education.